The brand new partnership between StoryFutures and Final Pixel will focus on upskilling and driving innovation in the Creative Industries.
Destiny Lawrence, Peter Richardson, Jodi Nelson-Tabor (Final Pixel), Michael McKenna (Final Pixel) and Amanda Murphy
The exciting new alliance brings Final Pixel’s leading-edge industry expertise to Royal Holloway and StoryFutures, where the teams will work in collaboration to address creativity and skills gaps in the future of media production.
The partnership builds on StoryFutures’ reputation of pioneering Research and Development (R&D) programmes and driving applied research to bring growth in the creative industries, and Final Pixel’s award-winning expertise in virtual production.
Final Pixel are taking up a residency at Royal Holloway’s Futures Studio, a cutting-edge virtual studio, jointly funded with Surrey County Council. It will enable Final Pixel to extend its industry-leading Virtual Production training opportunities, while also providing technical, innovation and training support for local companies and students as part of the StoryFutures collaboration.
Linked to the CoSTAR National Lab for Creative Industries R&D, led by Royal Holloway, the partnership has the potential to help address national skills shortages in emerging technologies such as Generative AI for virtual production.
Amanda Murphy, Head of Partnerships and Training at StoryFutures, Royal Holloway, said: “This partnership represents a shared vision to empower the next generation of talent in our creative sector.
“By uniting our resources and expertise, we can really innovate to enable diverse creatives to get hands-on with exciting new technologies in our onsite studio, built for the future of production, to drive new forms of media.”
Michael McKenna, CEO and Director of Virtual Production at Final Pixel added: “Working in alliance with the highly regarded StoryFutures team and prestigious Royal Holloway reflects Final Pixel’s commitment to excellence in filmmaking.
“This will enable us to collaboratively develop solutions to addressing skills gaps and driving R&D innovation in emerging areas of technology. I can’t wait to see the outcome of this unique and forward-thinking partnership.”
